BING-The Awareness Of Managing “Teacher Talk In Language Classroom Interaction”
In discussing classroom language, teacher’s language will be the most important part to be considered. As teachers concern their position as a model for their students, they need to be aware of how their language will influence the condition of classroom interaction, or in other words, it is how the students will use the target language through classroom interaction.
Teacher’s use of the target language as a medium of instruction of the teaching process of the target language is also known as teacher talk as Ellis (1985, p.145) mentioned that “teacher talk is the special language that teacher use when addressing L2 learners in the classroom”. It is also believed to have a significant influence to the success or failure of foreign language teaching in the classroom (Cook, 200, p.144) . Teachers pass on knowledge and skills, organize teaching activities and help students practice through teacher talk. In English classroom, teacher’s language is not only the object of the course, but also the medium to achieve objective.
Participants understand the purpose of managing teacher talk for language classroom interaction by:
- Describing the concept of teacher talk
- Identifying things need to consider for teacher talk
- Identifying the principles in establishing interaction
- Identifying roles of teacher in establishing language classroom interaction
- Identifying the purpose of teacher to modify their language
